“Lawmakers must understand the very real impacts of anti LGBTQ+ laws… Anti-LGBTQ+ laws & the harmful rhetoric surrounding them very seriously take a toll on #LGBTQ+ young people’s mental health” #ProtectTransKids
https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/03/05/more-than-one-in-three-young-lgbtq-mainers-considered-suicide-new-report-says/

Who does it hurt if a person

... asks to be called a different name?
... likes to wear different clothes?
... takes steps to feel more comfortable in their own skin?

Who does it hurt? No one.

Trans rights are human rights & the culture war is a distraction.

Zum #Geburtstag wünsche ich mir keine Geschenke – nur #Spenden, um #Omas gegen Rechts #Aachen zu unterstützen! Diese Freiwilligen kämpfen mutig gegen Rechtsextremismus. Bitte spenden und teilen, damit sie ihre wichtige Arbeit fortsetzen können.
#NoNazis #OmasGegenRechts #StandUpForDemocracy #FightFascism #StopHate #NoToExtremism #HumanRights #noafd #nocdu #SpendenStattGeschenke #Solidarity #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTransKids #TransAlly #Aachen #VolunteerPower
https://gofund.me/318e944f

For the past few weeks, a pediatrician's office that we haven't been to in nearly five years (we moved away) has been trying to reach me about just *one* of my three kids.

First they were trying to confirm that they were an active patient. Then, after not hearing back and getting absolutely no confirmation from me whatsoever about the status of said patient, they've started calling me to schedule a "much needed check up".

After five years.

Why is this random pediatrician's office suddenly remembering that we exist? Could there be something in my child's medical history that overnight turned into a *big red flag* for medical offices around the US?

All I'm saying is, maybe don't answer phone calls from old doctors offices.

And also, #ProtectTransKids

Remembering Brianna Ghey on the second, tragic anniversary.

Rest in power, Brianna.

Do you think MAGAts are bright enough to even wonder why trump would scrub the sex trafficking of boys from this site?

I guess the “save our kids” cult didn’t really mean save kids, they just mean the ones the president doesn’t want to assault.

https://www.advocate.com/politics/missing-exploited-lgbtq-kids-removed

Protégéons les enfants trans

Speaking of #resistance
There is something anyone anywhere can do:

I archived the resources from the great list by @dee on multiple European servers, administrated by me
https://schoeneh.eu/index.php/s/SAc5qzzN8JNMbHD
(My personal nextcloud, will add more over the next few hours)

https://social.treehouse.systems/@dee/112417068547664193

Share them widely!
Download the files and share them offline and online with others!
Do your part in #ProtectTransLives & #ProtectTransKids!

#Trans #TransLives #NonBinary #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

1/3

TW transfobie

De mensen die grétig lhbti personen misbruiken om genocide mee te pinkwashen en rechtvaardigen, zijn dezelfde mensen die lhbti personen intens haten.

Spreek je uit en ga pal voor je trans-, non-binaire en intersekse kennissen, vrienden, collega's én onbekenden staan. Geef om mensen en mensenrechten.

[Ik post alleen screenshots van andere 'socials' als bredere kennisname van wezenlijk belang kan zijn. Dit is zo'n post.]

Ich brauch mal Hilfe für eine bekannte Person aus der Elternbubble von trans Kindern.

Gesucht wird für den Raum Heidelberg.

Kinder-Endokrinologie
Kinder-Psychiater*innen, die Gutachten für die Endo stellen.

Sonstige Anlaufstellen.

(Uniklinik wurde schon aufgesucht. Endo will 2 Gutachten eins aus der eigenen Uniklinik, hat aber keine Person mehr, die das macht. Daher Suche nach alternativen)

Kind steht vor der Pubertät, weshalb es langsam drängt.

Just deleted my #Facebook account. I never used Facebook until I published my first book in 2023, and I was told (by my publisher, by other authors) that I needed to create a Facebook author page, so I did. I tried posting and updating it at first, but, to be honest, I never found it useful, and it's a relief to simply delete it now. I've always found way more engagement here on #mastodon #bookstodon

We don't know who need to hear this, but if you've been waiting for a sign, a push, or someone's permission to transition, this is it

You only get one shot at life, so choose to be who you really are, rather than whom others say you are or whom they want you to be

Transitioning isn't easy, and it won't make your struggles just go away, but it will make those struggles worth striving to overcome

If you can't do so now due to any reasons, please note that it's never too late to start transitioning, and that there's a whole community of people who will support you

No matter what you think or anyone else tells you, you are trans enough, and you deserve happiness as yourself

We believe in you, even if you don't yet believe in yourself

#trans #transgender #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTransKids #TransKidsDeserveToThrive #TransKidsDeserveToGrowUp #TransYouthAreLoved #TransKidsDeserveBetter #DesegregateTransHealthcare #queer #TransLiberation #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #YesYouAreTransEnough

Weil gestern der Wunsch aufkam:

Es gibt ein zweites Austauschtreffen für Eltern von trans und nicht binären Kindern.

Morgen Tag 3 um 21:00
Kidspace, Saal B, Workshopraum.

From @sltrib:
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/12/26/anti-trans-laws-kera-birkeland/

"In July, Birkeland was hired as director of policy for the Montana Grain Growers Association, although she never disclosed the hiring in her required conflict of interest disclosure. Her next disclosure would be due Jan. 10, the day her resignation takes effect. Montana’s legislative session opens Jan. 6, 2025."

Good riddance! I'd bet she only ran to be sure her seat stayed GOP, as she's had this job since July.

Watch out, #Montana. She's made her name on hate of trans people and school children and she's got her eyes on your House.
#UTpol #ProtectTransKids #KeraBirkeland

“This year, several state bills aim to strip legal recognition from transgender people entirely. Between 2022 & 2024, ten states passed such legislation or enacted similar policies, with devastating consequences for affected communities” #ProtectTransKids https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/120-anti-trans-bills-filed-across

Bin heute aus der Familiengruppe ausgetreten.
War besser für meine Laune.

Das trans sein des Enkelkindes nicht akzeptiert und dann schreiben, dass man sich Liebe und Frieden wünsche, kotzt mich zu sehr an.

Bin ich froh, dass es nicht die Großeltern unserer Kinder sind, so können wir diesen Menschen in der Regel aus dem Weg gehen.

I firmly believe that the key to acceptance for the trans community is representation. It’s harder to hate people when you see them as human beings.

Please sign this petition if you’re so inclined.

#ProtectTransKids
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/12/20/petition-reinstate-transgender-storyline-disney-pixar-win-or-lose/

Among the things we believe in this house:

#ACAB All Cops Are Bastards (unless proven otherwise, and let me tell you the bar is pretty high)

#ProtectTransKids and Trans adults

#AbortionIsHealthcare

#BlackLivesMatter

(And Mastodon's website is ABSOLUTE SHITE at handling hastags! This was infuriating to type!)

And far, far more of the same that won't fit in one toot.

This is a win for science and for trans youth, refuting the politically-motivated Cass Review in the UK. It is very timely with arguments beginning in the US Supreme Court on this very topic today. Recommended reading.

#ProtectTransKids
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:m65ifh7vn5zdgs7izcmht4gy/post/3lcg246x64c26